June, 2009

This is a very simple recipe for masa, to make tamales.  Feel free to use this recipe as it is and fill your tamales with something as simple as cheese and a spoonful of salsa.  Or get creative and come up with something more daring like the chocolate tamales.  (When I make chocolate tamales I add chocolate ganache, coco powder and brown sugar to this basic masa recipe.) For a slightly sweet masa, add a little bit of sugar.  If you add corn kernels to your slightly sweet masa it makes a great tamale also.  You can fill this masa, or when your tamales are ready to be served you can serve it ... (more...)

A sincere "thank you" to all of you who attended either of the tamale classes.  I really had a great time meeting everyone.  What I had in mind to do when we started talking about this is to have some fun "foodie" events (unique to just a cooking class) some of them interactive (like the tamale class), some sit down meals with wine tastings or cocktails, and even some author foodie events (like the one coming up June 26 with Adam Schell- click here for info). I also want to thank you for being in the first of our classes.  I know there are improvements we can make, and any suggestions would ... (more...)